11.11.07Bangkok Port Resumes Discharging of Import Cargoes

The Port Authority of Thailand has lifted a temporary ban on the discharging of imported cargoes and containers at Bangkok Port which had been effective as from October 27, 2011.

Due to the fact that the flood crisis has occurred in several provinces of Thailand including Bangkok and other flood-affected areas in the vicinity since August 2011 and eventually has affected extensive loss and damage to industrial estates and the country economy as a whole. Bangkok Port, therefore, has to accommodate a large number of overtime cargoes and containers which cause inconvenient and unsafe services.

Recently Bangkok Port’s customers have cooperated in moving some cargoes and containers out of Bangkok Port’s customs fence, resulting the increase of areas for accommodating cargoes and containers, the Port Authority of Thailand said.